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Faucet.

No. 232,894. Patented Oct. 5, 1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO UHARLES H. KOETZNER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO JOHN A. G. GOETZ, OF SAME PLACE.

FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,894, dated October 5, 1880,

Application filed July 13, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, CHARLES H.KOE1ZNER, of Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improve- 5 ments in Faucets; and I hereby declare the sameto be fully, clearly, and exactly described as follows, reference being had to the accom' panying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a spigot embodying my present invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same on the line X X of Fig. 1.

The object of my invention is to supply a want long felt by saloon-keepers and others I 5 who are engaged in drawing beer and other malt liquors from casks, and prevent a waste that has heretofore been unavoidable.

It is well known that when a keg of beer is tapped the beer is at first so wild and foamy that a glass or other vessel cannot be filled more than about half full, and considerable time is lost in waiting for the foam to subside in order to properly fill the vessel. On the other hand, as the keg becomes nearly empty, the beer, while perfectly good and wholesome, loses its sparkle and appears flat and stale. The obvious remedynamely, to keep two kegs on tap and partly till the glass from each-has not heretofore been suscepti- 0 ble of practical execution, for the reason that the customer will refuse the beer if he perceive such operation.

1 have provided a spigot adapted to be brought into communication with two kegs 5 and to discharge any desired quantity of liquid from either through the same nozzle.

In the accompanying drawings, A is the barrel of the spigot having the usual tapering threaded end 0 and head B. E is the handle, and F is the nozzle. The barrel A is divided longitudinally by a partition, A, forming two ways, a a.

D is a threaded thimble communicating with one of the channels and adapted for the attachment of a hose, D. 5

The plug E has an opening, 0, which may be made to register with either of the ways a a. When the opening 0 lies in the longitudinal axis of the spigot both ways are closed, the end G of the partition A being broad 5o enough to close the opening.

In operation the spigot is driven in as usual at the head-bung ot' the keg, and the thimble 1) is made to communicate, by means of a hose, D, with a partly-emptied keg, both '55 kegs as well as the hose and that portion of the spigot in the rear of the thimble D being located within the ice-box.

It is evident that by turning the handle to the left the contents of one of the kegs may be drawn, and by turning it to the right those of the other.

The object of constructing the spigot in the form shown is to admit of its being used in connection with the ordinary form of icebox, and of being driven in at the head bunghole of the cask with a mall.

It is obvious that the device may be used in the ordinary Way with a single cask.

What I claim is The faucet herein described, having a tapering end adapted to be driven into the keg, a lateral opening for the attachment of a hose to be connected with a second keg, and a cock for discharging the contents of either keg, as set forth.

CHARLES H. KOETZNER.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. G. GoETz, R. D. WILLIAMS. 

